“But Mom, why did Grandpa ask Cousin Boden to call us? Did Maria do something to make him angry? Let's ask her to come here right now and get everything out on the table! Whatever she did, it has nothing to do with our family. After all, she's adopted," Vivian said quickly. She felt much better after hearing Patricia.

Yes, she could imagine exactly how everything must have unfolded. Maria must have tried to win the Smith family's favor

But at the end of the day, she was just a country girl. Of course Mathias wouldn't take a shine to her.

The more Vivian thought about it, the more complacent she became, and she even chuckled out loud.

Bill also snorted and pulled a long face. "I didn't expect Maria to be so cunning. It's all my fault for adopting her. I chose the wrong person. Humph!"

"No," Julie said softly but firmly.

“Boden said... Father Likes her."

"What?!" the three other people in the room exclaimed in unison, with their eyes wide in shock.

Mathias Liked Maria? How could that be?

Bill's throat went dry. He opened his mouth, but no words came out. After Letting out an awkward cough, he finally said, “Has... Has your father gone senile?"

Patricia also shook her head in disbelief.

“Are you serious? He likes Maria?"

As for Vivian, she was so distraught that tears welled up in her eyes.

“Mom! How could this be? What are you talking about?"

Julie was also shocked by her father's approval of Maria, but that was where the similarity between her reaction and the reaction of the three people in front of her stopped.

Unlike them, Julie felt proud and ecstatic.

Maria was a good girl. If anything, Julie only felt that it was a pity that they hadn't adopted Maria when she was a young child.

"Call Maria and ask her what she did."

Bill's face darkened when he saw his beloved daughter crying, and his voice came out in a Low rumble.

“How dare she contact the Smith family without our permission?”